Actually, PieMaster, for the most part P3 is trumped by the socket A Athlon Thunderbird because the P3's FPU is poor. The P3 was also very expensive so this outweighed any advantages it had in performance.

Overclocking is effectively - getting something for nothing. It's the process of making your hardware work harder to gain more performance. AMD's are good overclockers - but you have to know what you're doing to be any good at it as well as having a rig that's built for the job - you're not going to get anywhere with overclocking with an OEM machine by Dell

ATX is the form factor most computers use at the moment. It defines a set of sizes, power requiremenets and connectors that all componenets must follow.
There are several versions of ATX, which use different sized componenets.

(Original post by PieMaster)
ATX is the form factor most computers use at the moment. It defines a set of sizes, power requiremenets and connectors that all componenets must follow.
There are several versions of ATX, which use different sized componenets.

Micro-ATX being the smallest, then ATX, and Extended ATX being the largest.

Right. I have £800 MAX to spend on a LAPTOP.
Advise.
You nerds will probably fire back a million questions and get into a pickle over what a ignoramus I am for not making any further clarifications, but feel free to do so.
I am compliant.

Edit: As my parents are buying this machine for me it shall be bought from a physical, as opposed to online, store.